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204 HOMES & ART SPRING 2012
WORDS Ted Snell
WORDS Ted Snell
Propaganda has a pejorative
connotation, but all art is a
mode of communication that
tries to influence people and convince
them of some cause or idea, or raise
a concern.
The exhibition Propaganda? at the
Gallery of Modern Art in Queensland
explores the varied approaches of artists
who have been engaged to promote
the attitudes and beliefs of particular
ideologies. This is politically motivated
art that features a number of works
in socialist realist styles from China,
Vietnam and North Korea.
To demonstrate that political art
has a recognisable aesthetic that
functions independently of specific
political positions and events, the
exhibition draws upon earlier forms
of political art to make its point, often
in humorous or ironic ways.
Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA),
until October 21.
Ted Snell is Director, Cultural Precinct,
University of Western Au stralia. He is cu rrently
a rt reviewer for The Australian in Western
Australia and Chair of the Visual Arts Board
of the Au stralia Cou n cil.
PROPAGANDA?